Simon McCarthy-Jones (TCD): Is Shame Hallucinogenic? Portugal dominated Angola for centuries — now the roles are reversed. Nick Holdstock on China, Cambridge University Press, and “academic freedom”. Some people still need opioids: The crackdown on pain medication prescribing is intended to help the addiction crisis — but it’s leaving chronic pain patients in untenable situations. How a small magazine responded to its White House-shattering scoop: James Warren interviews Amy Lambrecht, publisher of The American Prospect. The Kardashian Decade: Leslie Bruce on how a sex tape led to a billion-dollar brand. Why do we ignore mass atrocities? Brian Resnick interviews Paul Slovic on the limits of human compassion.